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it would appear the seats have been reupholstered in naughyde however door panels are either original or someone did a helluva good job with the crosshatch stitching when re-doing them.
In addition to Twin-H it also has a Dual Range Hydro; perhaps the engine & trans. been changed out as neither avail. in '51.
Is that dark blue an original color? I've seen them in a very attractive pale blue but don't recall a dark blue in '51.

Seems to me this one on E-Bay ought to go for $50k plus if it's as good as it looks in the photos.

From my paint chip sheet it looks like could be Admiral Blue, a '50-'51 factory color. There was also Pacific blue, but it looks a little darker than this car. Too bad it doesn't have the blue dash ... rare and beautiful. White top is interesting ... I bought a '51 convertible in early '56 and it had a white top that appeared to be original, even though tan, black and burgundy were the only colors listed as available for '51. I figure the original buyer said "I love the car, and will buy it if you put a white top on it."

a long time ago in a galaxy far away I bought an exc. original '50 C8 conv. from the original owner - it was Corinthian or Coronation Cream (?) which I believe was a conv. only color, anyway, they wanted a black conv. so dealer said he'd paint it black if they'd take it so black when I got it & last time I saw it, about 12 yrs. ago, it still had orig. paint & leather int.